Date:02/11/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/11/02/stories/2007110262052500.htm

Sport - Tennis

Vivek surprises Vejmelka

NEW DELHI: Vivek Shokeen beat the top-seeded Adam Vejmelka of the Czech Republic 6-3, 6-2 to set up a semifinal against Aqeel Khan in the $10,000 ITF men’s Futures tennis tournament at Lahore on Thursday.

The results (featuring Indians): Singles (quarterfinals): Vivek Shokeen bt Adam Vejmelka (Cze) 6-3, 6-2; Aqeel Khan bt Sunil Kumar 5-7, 6-4, 7-6(2); Divij Sharan bt Hsien-Yin Peng (Tpe) 6-0, 6-1. Pre-quarterfinals: Shokeen bt Huai-En Chang (Tpe) 6-3, 6-4; Sunil bt Yu Naizheng (Chn) 6-4, 6-1; Divij bt Mohd. Mohazebnia (Iri) 6-4, retd.; Hsin-Han Lee (Tpe) bt Ashwin Vijayaraghavan 6-1, 6-2; Bogdan-Victor Leonte (Rou) bt Yannick Nelord 6-3, 6-3.

Doubles (final): Harshana Godamanna (Sri) & Bart Govaerts (Bel) bt Aqeel Khan (Pak) & Sunil Kumar 6-4, 3-6, 10-6; Semifinals: Aqeel & Sunil bt Divij & Ashutosh 7-5, 6-3.